Portugal, Moldova and Ukraine in Europe, and Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in Asia have emerged as new child sex tourism destinations, prompting activists to call for governments to include measures to protect children in their tourism plans.

US health officials are investigating 14 reports of the Zika virus that may been transmitted through sex, including to several pregnant women, raising new questions about the role sexual transmission is playing in the growing outbreak.

The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the US was reported in the state of Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization d

The United States is using sex, money and Western lifestyles to infiltrate Iran's decision-making elite, the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday.
The remarks by Khamenei, who has the

Police have raided a Manama restaurant to rescue three Thai women who were allegedly being kept as sex slaves, according to that country's embassy.
A Thai Embassy spokesman told the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister p

Two Indonesians sheltered at a government-run centre for abused women in Bahrain have claimed a gang forced them into prostitution.
The women, who worked as maids in different homes, told they were lured into vice by a group of Ba

A new law on family violence is expected to ignore recommendations from Bahrain's top legal authority, which suggested spousal rape should not be illegal.
The GDN reported last Tuesday that the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) h

Psychologists have warned more victims are likely to come forward in a horrific case of child sex abuse in Bahrain.
They suspect a 43-year-old Bahraini father, who has been arrested for sexually assaulting his four daughters, has

A new app for Google Glass would reportedly change the way people have sex, or more appropriately 'view it'.
The 'Sex with Glass' app has been designed to enhance the wearer's experience while having sexual int

Men most often regret not having sex with more people while women frequently regret having sex with the wrong partner, according to a recently released study.
The study from researchers at the University of Texas and University of